Alert the media, again.

I got a couple of very angry letters in my column about the Montreal Massacre in Canada. [The Fulford File: Arab Gunman, Nigerian Gunman, And The MSM] This massacre was committed by a man named Ghamil Gharbi, which was my basic point, my other point being that the men, who faced with a mad Arab armed with an automatic rifle, were asked to leave the room, so that he could be alone with the women, should not have left.

My point that they could have resisted was partly based on the fact that there were a lot of men, outnumbering him 50-to-1, and that he was armed with a .223, which is quite lethal, but has low stopping power, the distinction being an important one if you’re being charged at, as American troops were in Somalia. Killing power is that which will make you eventually dead, stopping power is that which makes you fall down and stop charging.

My personal opinion, backed by many knowledgable shooters, operators, soldiers, sailors, and Marines, is the .223 is not big enough to stop a charging enemy. (Try one of these, instead.)

But even if it had been, it couldn’t have stopped very many men, if they’d been willing to fight back.

Compare the case of Baruch Goldstein, who killed 29 people, (using the same cartridge) but was stopped by being bashed with a fire extinguisher, and beaten to death on the scene of the crime.

Below: The letters, and a few brief quotes from people who agree with me.
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Alert the media! I made a big, huge, embarrassing mistake in my column referring to the Montreal Massacre in Canada. [The Fulford File: Arab Gunman, Nigerian Gunman, And The MSM]

I referred to the number students in the room as between 230 and 303. Actually it was about sixty. 230 and 303 were room numbers. Thanks to Kathy Shaidle for pointing this out.

It doesn’t change the basic point, ( the man was still outnumbered 50-to-1 by the male students) which Kathy Shaidle put this way:

Yes, there were men who pretended to be women so they could sneak onto Titanic lifeboats — but they were reviled ever after. There was a time, a very long time, when no man worthy of the name would have slunk out of that classroom to save his skin. Hell, I was in the peace movement with pacifist men who wouldn’t have walked out.

I don’t know what possibility is more disturbing: that I’m one of the only people I’ve ever met with the balls to state this opinion in public (I said the same thing in a Toronto Star piece on the 10th anniversary) — or that many Canadians feel the same way but “don’t want to say anything.”

For his baking, this time, rather than running for Governor, or being attacked by reconquistas.

The Lodi News-Sentinel featured Joe and his award-winning fruitcake in today’s edition.

Those who are interested in the easy-to-prepare recipe, and Joe’s comments about fruitcake, can find them here in the story by Tricia Tomiyoshi titled “A Tribute to the Much-Maligned Fruitcake.“

One of the most fascinating developments for news junkies in recent years has been the rise of Google News. This service, accessed from the main Google site by clicking on “News” says it collects stories from 4,500 news sources which it then sorts by reader traffic. (Michael Kinsley has complained it is going to automate away editors!)

The good news is the War on Christmas has passed the test. Much of the time in the last couple of days, a collection of stories on the subject has had a slot on the main page, and invariably one in the full US section.

VDARE.com readers should make a point of glancing at these pages. Not only is it very efficient, but THE COMPUTER COUNTS YOUR VOTE!

As I write, the top story is the Washington Post’s What ‘War on Christmas’ ? - Ruth Marcus [Saturday December 10 2005] This is a dialectically more sophisticated essay than the venemous piece on Salon.com with which Michelle Goldberg opened the barrage this season [ How the secular grinch didn't steal Christmas - November 21 2005] That was notable for alleging that concern over Christmas suppression was a John Birch Society trait. But it is devastatingly revealing:

This is the time of year, though, when those of us who aren’t Christian, or who don’t celebrate Christmas, most feel our minority status. I’ve experienced this especially acutely since my children started to look longingly at shopping mall Santas (Santa’s a nice guy, honey, but he’s not for us) and ask why there are so few menorahs or dreidels among the reindeer and Christmas trees. (How to break this gently? Their team has a lot more players.)

Hostility. Jealousy. Resentment. Because the Ruth Marcuses harbor these feelings, the beloved 2000 year-old traditions of the majority have to be suppressed. As I’ve said before this year, this is a war.